The other night, Sam, Maria, and I went to Plazza San Roque (our favorite plazza) and had a few tapas. Sam really wanted to try the dish that Sanlucar is known for, the giant prawns, or as they are called here; Langostinos de Sanlucar.
Sam's dish arrived after a few tapas and an expensive plate of cheese (woops, we ordered two portions on accident). The langostinos were HUGE! Biggest prawns I have ever seen. Their were four of them and they were served on a plain plate, without seasoning or decoration. These are the main food event in Sanlucar.
Sam and Maria each grabbed a langostino and dug in. They started picking at the prawn with their forks and pulling the heads off and tossing them into a pile. Sam gave me a piece of meat to try. It was okay, kinda of bland, with a very fishy taste. Nothing fancy about them. I would have preferred some garlic and lemon. When Sam was working on his last prawn, I noticed that the table next to us was watching Sam and making comments about how he was eating it. I told Sam and he looked over at the man, who was shaking his head and waving his finger "No, no, no". The man demonstrated how to properly crack a prawn open and then told us to suck the juices out of its head. As an avid lobster and crab eater, I know that the greenish, gutsy inside of the head of a lobster is a delicacy.
So, we each took a turn sucking on the head of one of these giant prawns, tasting the gooey chunks of brain and guts. Ehh, not for me. The taste was not the most pleasant, a very bland, salty taste....not my favorite. But, being the open-minded tourists that we are, we smiled and pretended to love it! I whispered to Maria, "I don't like it, but I'm gonna smile and pretend like I do, they don't understand me". To which she responded, "Yeah, and you've got some head on your face."
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